[oh_sigh]

I'm a white american, and my ancestors had nothing to do with american slavery and were in fact slaves themselves in the ukraine.

[AnimalMuppet]

I'm a white American, and at least one of my ancestors died to end slavery. My father was named for him (middle name).

Now, it's also true to some degree that I benefit from society in a way that blacks don't (at least not to the same degree). And the right thing to do is to work for a world where blacks share in the benefits of society to the same degree that I do. (Where they don't have to be any more careful in a traffic stop than I do, for example.) But "acknowledging the role that my ancestors played"? I do, with pride.